Polityczna natura człowieka jako problem: między czytaniem Arystotelesa a nowoczesnym użyciem rozumu
The political nature of man as the problem: between reading aristotle and the modern usage of reason

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the concept of the political nature of man that can easily be traced back to the famous passage by Aristotle at the beginning of his Politics. The classical science on politics, as mostly derived from Aristotle’s book and distinguished from the modern political science, is based, indeed, upon that claim on human nature which must be perceived in light of a broader vision of cosmos. There is also a vital tension between the contemplative way of life and politics or practice certainly worth being taken into consideration when asking about the foundation of the claim above. In order to grasp this tension, the reader should turn to another well-known piece from Aristotle, namely a fragment of his Nicomachean Ethics. After the concise examination of the classic’s oeuvre, the author of the article shows in a brief manner some intellectual reasons that stand behind an actual contemporary oblivion of the classical science of politics and form the background, instead, of the post-modern conception of political commitment or “the political”.

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